Florida vs North Carolina
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Florida comes out ahead on 5 of them and North Carolina on 10, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureFloridaNorth Carolina
Home price$378,126$340,430
Rent paid$1,644$1,215
Cost of living102.297.8
Income$77,735$73,958
Property tax0.78%0.66%
Income tax0.00%3.99%
Sales tax6.98%7.10%
Electric bill$169$151
Temperature74°F60.3°F
Snowfall0.2 in2.3 in
Precipitation43.3 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.516.4
Bachelor's or higher35.8%37.1%
Crime rate267376
Commute28.9 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.7%3.6%
Population change+8.9%+7.2%
Wildfire risk92.853.8
Flood risk93.184.6
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.